Sarah Banks is a travel writer and photographer. She is the author of bestselling guide book, Wild Guide North East England, a finalist for the Guide of the Year in the Travel Media Awards 2024, and Wild Swimming Walks Yorkshire, both published by Wild Things Publishing.
She lives in North Yorkshire with her husband and has three sons. When not exploring wild places, she can be found browsing a book shop, hunting out a new café, visiting an art gallery or trying her hand at a new craft at home.
She is currently working on her next book.
* Signed copies Wild Swimming Walks Yorkshire and Wild Guide North England are available here.
Sarah’s books include Wild Swimming Walks Yorkshire, Wild Guide North East England, published by Wild Things Publishing, and Visiting Greenwich and the Dome, published by Metro Publications.
Her words and photographs have appeared in The Guardian, MailOnline, The i Paper, The Independent, BBC Travel, Outdoor Swimmer, the Outdoor Swimming Society, Britain magazine, Yorkshire Post, Living North, Yorkshire Living and Yorkshire Life.
She has been a speaker and host for festivals and book talk events and has appeared as a guest on podcasts and radio shows.
She also runs Wild Swim Retreats Yorkshire with health and wellbeing coach, Heather Simpson. You can find out more about the retreats here.